“AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.”
“ACTION: Notice of inquiry.”
“SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is
preparing to conduct proceedings to make recommendations in
accordance with section 1201(a)(1) of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.
1201(a)(1), which was added by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
and which provides that the Librarian of Congress may exempt
certain classes of works from the prohibition against circumventing
a technological measure that controls access to a copyrighted
work. The purpose of this rulemaking proceeding is to
determine whether there are classes of works as to which users are,
or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make
noninfringing uses if they are prohibited from circumventing such
technological measures. This notice requests written comments from
all interested parties, including representatives of copyright
owners, educational institutions, libraries and archives, scholars,
researchers and members of the public, in order to elicit
information and views on whether noninfringing uses of certain
classes of works are, or are likely to be, adversely affected by
such prohibition.”